Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Argentina

Rural population in Argentina in 2025 — 3,506,749 people. Ranked 87 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 39.2%.

2025 3.51M people −0.67% vs 2024
World rank 87of 217
Period maximum 5.76M people1960
Period minimum 3.51M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Argentina, 1960–20253M4M5M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,764,381 people1962: 5,653,155 people1964: 5,510,292 people1966: 5,347,745 people1968: 5,192,364 people1970: 5,071,317 people1972: 4,993,804 people1974: 4,943,680 people1976: 4,900,421 people1978: 4,857,085 people1980: 4,800,080 people1982: 4,717,395 people1984: 4,611,436 people1986: 4,493,060 people1988: 4,378,972 people1990: 4,284,559 people1992: 4,217,895 people1994: 4,165,878 people1996: 4,121,208 people1998: 4,076,295 people2000: 4,028,032 people2002: 3,969,629 people2004: 3,904,989 people2006: 3,842,009 people2008: 3,778,772 people2010: 3,718,871 people2012: 3,708,494 people2014: 3,701,131 people2016: 3,693,912 people2018: 3,675,993 people2020: 3,640,709 people2022: 3,581,395 people2024: 3,530,379 people2025: 3,506,749 people
Change over the period: −2.26M (−39.17%) Average annual rate: -0.76 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Argentina

Argentina 3.51M people
World 3.46B people
South America computed 63.51M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 815M people
Rural population — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3.51M −23,630 −0.67%
2024 3.53M −24,115 −0.68%
2023 3.55M −26,901 −0.75%
2022 3.58M −30,321 −0.84%
2021 3.61M −28,993 −0.8%
2020 3.64M −21,577 −0.59%
2019 3.66M −13,707 −0.37%
2018 3.68M −9,905 −0.27%
2017 3.69M −8,014 −0.22%
2016 3.69M −4,981 −0.13%
2015 3.7M −2,238 −0.06%
2014 3.7M −2,925 −0.08%
2013 3.7M −4,438 −0.12%
2012 3.71M −2,518 −0.07%
2011 3.71M −7,859 −0.21%
2010 3.72M −31,234 −0.83%
2009 3.75M −28,667 −0.76%
2008 3.78M −30,959 −0.81%
2007 3.81M −32,278 −0.84%
2006 3.84M −31,287 −0.81%
2005 3.87M −31,693 −0.81%
2004 3.9M −32,551 −0.83%
2003 3.94M −32,089 −0.81%
2002 3.97M −30,531 −0.76%
2001 4M −27,872 −0.69%
2000 4.03M −24,838 −0.61%
1999 4.05M −23,425 −0.57%
1998 4.08M −22,743 −0.55%
1997 4.1M −22,170 −0.54%
1996 4.12M −22,186 −0.54%
1995 4.14M −22,484 −0.54%
1994 4.17M −24,397 −0.58%
1993 4.19M −27,620 −0.65%
1992 4.22M −30,589 −0.72%
1991 4.25M −36,075 −0.84%
1990 4.28M −44,068 −1.02%
1989 4.33M −50,345 −1.15%
1988 4.38M −55,199 −1.24%
1987 4.43M −58,889 −1.31%
1986 4.49M −59,846 −1.31%
1985 4.55M −58,530 −1.27%
1984 4.61M −55,248 −1.18%
1983 4.67M −50,711 −1.07%
1982 4.72M −44,914 −0.94%
1981 4.76M −37,771 −0.79%
1980 4.8M −31,292 −0.65%
1979 4.83M −25,713 −0.53%
1978 4.86M −22,160 −0.45%
1977 4.88M −21,176 −0.43%
1976 4.9M −21,977 −0.45%
1975 4.92M −21,282 −0.43%
1974 4.94M −22,294 −0.45%
1973 4.97M −27,830 −0.56%
1972 4.99M −34,905 −0.69%
1971 5.03M −42,608 −0.84%
1970 5.07M −54,177 −1.06%
1969 5.13M −66,870 −1.29%
1968 5.19M −75,053 −1.42%
1967 5.27M −80,328 −1.5%
1966 5.35M −82,309 −1.52%
1965 5.43M −80,238 −1.46%
1964 5.51M −74,909 −1.34%
1963 5.59M −67,954 −1.2%
1962 5.65M −59,945 −1.05%
1961 5.71M −51,281 −0.89%
1960 5.76M

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.